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58 N.Y.2d 840

Willard v. Mercer

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 8, 1983

New York Court of Appeals · decided 1983-02-08

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 1996

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Decided 1983-02-08

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¶1OPINION OF THE COURT

¶2Memorandum.

¶3The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

¶4In this case, in which time was not made of the essence in the contract of purchase and sale, the prospective purchasers neither sought to fix a law day for the closing of title nor afforded the sellers a reasonable opportunity to remedy a concededly curable defect of title before repudiating the contract. In this circumstance the buyers were not entitled to a refund of their down payment.

¶5*842Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg, Meyer and Simons concur.

¶6Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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